How parents can maximize quality time with their children during a two-hour window every day--with easy tips covering dinner to bedtime At a time when people feel pulled in many directions and bombarded by a constant flow of information, Prime...

The moment Jane Tennison takes over Scotland Yard's investigation into the death of sex worker Della Mornay, two grim facts become immediately clear to her. First, that the constabulary's old boy club is determined to hinder, harass, and undermine...

From the New York City of Kline and De Kooning to the jazz era of New Orleans's French Quarter, to Ken Kesey's psychedelic California, Prime Green explores the 1960s in all its weird, innocent, turbulent, and fascinating glory. Building on personal...

Chief Detective Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through the station house’s glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a case comes in that threatens to destroy...

The coroner’s report identifies the body as young, black, female, and impossibly anonymous. Yet one thing is clear to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison about the latest victim discovered in one of London’s poorest districts—that news of her...

This book focuses on 'apos;urban family soaps'apos; on television and analyses them as an important resource for anthropological insights into contemporary social issues and practices. It studies the 'apos;popular'apos; and 'apos;everyday'apos; while...

A landmark comparative study (U.S. and Brazil) of television's social and cultural effects on human behavior. The Updated Edition brings forward the author's research on this topic since the original volume was published in 1990 with an extensive new...

In September 1960 a television show emerged from the mists of prehistoric time to take its place as the mother of all animated sitcoms.The Flintstones spawned dozens of imitations, just as, two decades later, The Simpsons sparked a renaissance of...

Milan Panic tells of his attempt to oust Slobodan Milosevic and his battle with the U.S. State Department in an effort to bring peace to the Balkans during the Yugoslav Wars. A young cycling champion who fought Nazi occupation in Yugoslavia, Panic...

Numerous studies consider the history of childhood, adolescence and old age, yet the middle aged, consistently the most productive and powerful of age groups have been consistently ignored. In this pioneering study John Benson considers how...

Hoping to land a coveted network job by getting the story behind a U.S. general's reclusive life, cable TV reporter Andrea Malone is forced to confront the general's watchdog son, Lyon Ratiff. Reissue.

The story of how diesel engines and gas turbines, used to power cargo ships and jet airplanes, made today's globally integrated economy possible.The many books on globalization published over the past few years range from claims that the world is...

From National Book Award nominee Chris Lynch, the third action-and-humor-filled futuristic series about talking pets who are tired of being pets ... and the boy who must help them. Zane and his animal comrades have foiled Dr. Gristle's terrible plots...

Live show and podcast keeping you updated in the world of fantasy football and answering your questions. Your go-to show for fantasy advice. Hosted by Adam Gori & Steve Richards. Email your fantasy football questions:...

Bob McCown hosts the daily radio show that goes beyond the scores and digs into the major issues in sports to look at them from a Canadian point of view. Listen to interviews with people making the news, and opinions that are thought-provoking. As...

In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, a little-known thirty-two year old mathematician, made a hypothesis while presenting a paper to the Berlin Academy titled “On the Number of Prime Numbers Less Than a Given Quantity.” Today, after 150 years of careful...

The PRIME Leadership Framework describes the leadership principles and action indicators that the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics endorses and that all mathematics education leaders should aspire toward to create equity and excellence...